FireFox and IE Don’t Get Along

  • Hello all. I really could use a hand here figuring out why the xhtml and CSS (both validate perfectly) for this page is showing correctly in FireFox but not in IE. I’ve searched, messed with the code, but to no avail. The sidebar on the left keeps dropping below the main content (which in this case is the archives). This only happens on the archives page.

    I’m using 1.5 and greentrees theme.

    You can see the problem here

    Just be sure to look at it in Firefix and IE….thanks and please could someone point me in a direction???

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  • Thread title…….yup ??

    It’s widths
    https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/webdevel.html
    get the Show Blocks
    run it on your page

    You’ll see that FF and IE are reading widths differently (as they can do). Solutions can differ and will need to be done using both browsers, but I would fix the upper content width and reduce all margins / padding to zero for a start.

    Thread Starter userx

    (@userx)

    Thanks podz…it’s frustrating because all code is up to standards but too many folks are still perusing the web with IE….which leads me to these rediculous measures to appease their obvious lack of judgement…

    At anyrate, I’ll give your suggestion it a try…thanks again

    Go get a button:
    https://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates/homepage

    Put this code on your page (mine is at the top of the menu)

    <?php
    $browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

    if(preg_match("/MSIE/i",$browser))//browser is IE
    {
    echo 'Using Internet Explorer ?';
    echo '<a href="https://www.spreadfirefox.com/"><img border="0" alt="Get Firefox!" title="Get Firefox!" src="https://www.yourlocation.com/firefox.gif"/></a>&#39;;
    echo '<br /><strong>Get a SAFER browser !</strong>';
    }
    ?>

    Doesn’t hurt eh ?

    ??

    Thread Starter userx

    (@userx)

    Ah, all better. The marriage is fine for now…but I see a permanent estrangment in the near future…. ; )

    Thanks alot podz….

    Thread Starter userx

    (@userx)

    Oh, I have a button…but it is at the bottom of my sidebar….and I have a full post screaming at people to switch. They too will see the light and I am a FireFox Evangelist just preaching the good news.

    I have to make hacks quiet often to make it show the same in IE, Firefox.

    Here’s a simple method in CSS:

    div#example p {
    // Internet explorer version
    }
    div#example > p {
    // Mozilla Version
    }

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